A game, and only ever a game

Why free fern reels are still 19+

Fern reels or not, social casino games borrow the colours, sounds and rhythm of real gambling. That is why Fern Fossil Valley is built for adults past the legal gambling age and is aimed at nobody under 19. Your age is checked on two occasions: by the banner waiting at the fern gate when you first arrive, and by the tick box you have to fill when you open your account.

Lines the valley never crosses

• Offer real-money gambling or promote it anywhere in the valley.
• Dangle prizes of real-world value from the fronds.
• Sell coins, or slip in-app purchases into the satchel.
• Send you off down a path to gambling operators or affiliates.
• Pull you back with countdowns or streaks.

A plain warning from the dig

Free reels can be tuned to feel kind, and the valley tops your coins back up for nothing. A real-money game does neither. A lucky morning in the ferns predicts nothing about how you would get on with real money riding on it.

Footprints worth noticing

• Spinning on well past the time you planned.
• Feeling short-tempered once you put the reels down.
• Hiding in the ferns from a bad mood.
• The valley is crowding out your sleep, your work or your people.
• You start looking past the ferns for a real-money version.

Holding the dig map yourself

• Pick a stopping time before Nubbin hands you the first spin.
• Keep autoplay off for the whole walk.
• Take breaks at regular points.
• Clear this site’s data and the valley starts again from bare rock, or block the site in your device settings if you mean to stop for good.

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